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Jumble of Pearls

from Live and Kicking by Musical Juice

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Recorded in December 1970 at Newcastle Mayfair Ballroom with Lindisfarne. This was just following the release of their debut album Nicely Out Of Tune so the lads we're definitely on the way up but hadn't yet had the commercial success that Meet Me On The Corner and Fog On The Tyne would bring the following year. Being local to the North East, we'd seen the guys in their previous bands (Downtown Faction, Brethren) and seen Alan Hull performing in local folk clubs. It was obvious even then that they were something special and their song writing was second to none. They have left a huge legacy of music and have rightly earned their place in 'Geordie' folklore.

In contrast, our song Jumble of Pearls will appear a bit surreal, but anyone who knew us at the time will understand the story in the lyrics. It would take far too long to explain here, but although we sing about dreams, devils and white elephants, it wasn't drug induced. Honestly.

lyrics

You got no gears, Woody, got no throttle
Cos the heat of the hand
Takes the cold off the bottle
You lose one game and it don't make sense
So you put it all down to experience
And you play out Dreams in the restaurants
And the Devil is there doin’ what he wants
But the moon is high and the mood is mellow
The elephant's white and the van is yellow

Well, I guess you’ve all seen my face before
I've travelled this world from shore to shore
Been on TV, been on the screen, been on the radio
I'm a real old timer who's able and willin'
I'm the Easy Rider, I'm Mr. Bob Dylan
I'm a Right Insider who knows Leonard Cohen
And I'm one of the Rollin' Stones
I'm a dream world rambler
An astral plane, eighth-time traveller
Cryin' in the rain sayin' tears of laughter
Just drenched me to the bone
I'm a daytime gambler
Who never, ever had a life of his own

You got no gears, Woody, got no throttle
Cos the heat of the hand
Takes the cold off the bottle
You lose one game and it don't make sense
So you put it all down to experience
And you play out Dreams in the restaurants
And the Devil is there doin’ what he wants
But the moon is high and the mood is mellow
The elephant's white and the van is yellow

I was locked in jail down in Birmingham
A victim of life, that's what I am
I got shot in the back out in Vietnam
And was left to die alone
I'm the Great Train Robber who's never been caught
I'm a nuclear bomber, gonna blow you all
I'm Edward Heath, the astronaut
Headin' on his way back home
I'm a real-life fantasy toucher
A lonely, drownin' straw-clutcher
I'm the Mad Movie watcher
Livin' his life alone
I'm a dream-far-too-mucher
Who never, ever had a life of his own

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from Live and Kicking, released May 12, 2014

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Musical Juice England, UK

We are an indie rock band who compose original songs that have a story to tell. Our music is heavy with strong melody lines and close vocal harmonies. Stories of circumstances and events that may have also touched your life and we hope will have a special meaning for you. ... more

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